Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Hi all :-) I am now in London and this is a scheduled post so am keeping me fingers crossed that Mr Blogger does his job :-)

This week our challenge is ANYTHING GOES,,,,, easy peasy :-)

The Design Team are this week showcasing My Mind's Eye products. If you have any My Mind's Eye products we would love to see you use them but if not, it is not necessary for taking part in this challenge.

For my card I used a selection of lovely Hero Arts stamps and gorgeous papers from My Minds Eye , Love Me pack I stamped the flower several times onto plain white Neenah card and paper from the pack, coloured with a RV32 Copic marker, cut them out in layers and popped the outer edges of the petals on Pop Dots. I then added the compulsory Star Dust Stickles, Hero Arts crystal glitter in the flower centre and several gems dotted here and there :-) I stamped the cute bumble bee a couple of times and popped it up on pop dots ,,,, shock horror !! I forgot to stickle his wings !!! oopsy

I used plain white card and I coloured the outer edges with the RV32 copic marker to coordinate with the design. The sentiment is also Hero Arts and I stitched all the edges and added a few white pearls to finish :-)

Thanks for looking :-) It is Linda, our fabulous designer in the spotlights, last week with us and I would like to say a HUGE thank you for your lovely creations over the last 5 challenges xx

I will catch up with you all when I get back home xx in the meantime please pop over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see what fabulous creations everyone made :-)

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice,,,, create a card for a precious little girl in your life ,,,,, awww :-)

It is my friend’s grandaughter’s 1st birthday in a couple of weeks so I made this card for her :-)

I used this very cute House Mouse ‘Make a Wish’ stamp, coloured with Copics and the edges inked with a Colorbox yellow chalk ink. The papers are from SU ( from Mandi) and I embossed a plain white panel with a Cuttlebug swiss dots folder. The border is a X cut punch and I added a cupcake charm, coloured with a special metal paint from Vintaj, some bias tape from The Ribbon Girl and lots of Star Dust stickles. The sentiment was done on the comp.

We are sponsored by the lovely Melissa from Meljen Designs so some gorgeous images on offer :-)

I do LOVE Melissa’s images, but I had just bought this cute Gruffie and just HAD to ink him up ,, isn’t he cute !! This one is called ‘Cake Walk’ and is currently 40% off in Simon Says Stamp ,,, along with loads of other House Mice and Happy Hopper stamps !!! :-)

I coloured with a mix of Copics and Prismacolor pencils, the papers are Studio Calico from the Autumn Press pack .I used a MFT stacking Stars die , some Robins nest Dew Drops and a hero Arts sentiment to finish

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend. It was carnival here so lots of partying going on ,, not for me tho, I was the chief cook and bottle washer, feeding Sean, Amy and their friends who came to stay ,,,, lots of cleaning up to do today !! it was nice to see them all in costumes tho ,, photo’s at the bottom of this post.

We are sponsored by the lovely Lacey, owner of Stamp and Create , who is generously offering a $20 voucher to her store :-)

For my card I used a new stamp from Art Impressions, they had a fabulous booth at the CHA and on the last day they let me buy a few stamps AND they very kindly gave me this one as a gift ! Aren’t they FAB ! ,, I love these oldies :-)

I coloured with Copics and inked the edges with Colorbox blue chalk ink ( LOVE these )I cut out a scalloped circle and circle on my new Grand Calibur machine , and created a background using copic markers and an air brush ( love this too :-)) I used a Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, a Hero Arts sentiment, a few gems and some bias tape from The Ribbon Girl to finish

Thanks for looking ,,,, hop on over to the TPC to see what the other girlies made too :-)

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

WOW!!! What a fabby turn out for last weeks Love Is In The Air challenge!!!! Lots of lurve'ly creations for us to pop by and admire :-)

This week we have another great challenge for you...

TAG IT

so make a tag, or add a tag to a card/creation

As you all know Tim Holtz is famous for his tags, so all the DT have used Tim Holtz products on their creations this week in his honour :-)You don't have to use them, but if you have them we would love to see them used on YOUR creations :-)

Designed by oober talented Kristina Werner, this kit includes a wide variety of supplies--enough to keep you creating for hours! You'll also receive ideas via email newsletter with 6 project ideas using the items in the kit.

Isn't this GORGEOUS !!!

If you would like to order one you had better be quick, these are flying off the shelves, I wanted to give all our lovely followers a heads up !! :-)

I really enjoyed making this tag, it might not be much to look at but it was fun making it ,, I got more ink on me than on the tag and my hands were a horrid shade of green for hours ( I need to buy a scrubbie) bit it was worth it :-)

I started with a tag ,,,and coloured with various distress stains. when it was completely dry I used a Dyan Reavey mask and sponged with Stormy Sky Distress ink, then brushed over with Blue Smoke Perfect Pearls. I used a strip of Tissue Tape down the left side edge and then stamped the butterflies from an Attic Treasures set. I then stamped them again onto watercolour paper and coloured them with the brand new Distress markers. These were a gift from Ranger when I attended a Tim Holtz class at the CHA , I have 6 of them ,, now need to buy the rest of them ,,, 31 to go ,,,, !!! I used an Elegant Flourishes die to cut out some grungepaper and I coloured this with Vintage Photo DI then embossed with Vintage Photo Distress Embossing Powder. I stamped the Paris, London stamp in the top R corner and added a Fleur de Lys charm, The ticket was made using a Ticket Strip Die and an Odds and Ends stamp, I used some bias tape, coloured with stains and then I finished with oodles of Rock Candy stickles on the butterflies.

Thanks for looking :-) Our fabulous Designer in the Spotlight, Linda, has made a gorgeous tag,, as have all the DT, so pop on over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge to see them !

We are sponsored by Whiff of Joy so a fab prize on offer for one lucky entrant :-)

I made this card for my hubby, he doesn’t like fussy and fancy so I have kept this quite simple. My apologies for the photo, it looks quite dull but is lovely and sparkly IRL ,,,, honest ! :-)

I used hero Arts stamps from a Love Everyday Clear set I stamped 3 hearts onto red card and cut them out, I then painted glue around the edges and sprinkled with black glitter. I cut a strip of plain white card, stamped black hearts randomly and stamped the sentiment too, I then sprayed with Diamond Glimmer, very shimmery IRL. The paper is from a Basic GreyLittle Black Dress pack and I used a Tim Holtz Flourish die cut, I smothered this with black glitter too, the lovely rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts. I added a few red pearls to finish ,,,

Hope you have a lovely day and maybe a special dinner this evening ,,, music, candles, romance ,,,, if not then you could always join me in a blog hop ,,,, lol :-)

Monday, February 13, 2012

Hi all :-) I hope you all had a lovely weekend and have now packed the kids off to skool and you’re ready for some crafty time :-)

We hope you enjoyed our hop and joined in ,,, there were loads of fabby prizes on offer !! Were you a lucky one ?? The whole list or winners will be posted on the House Mouse and Friends Challenge blog on Wednesday, but in the meantime the winner of the $25 voucher (excludes shipping) to Simon Says Stamp is ,,,,,

If you make a point of joining ours, and the other fab Christmas challenges out there, then you will have a lovely stack ready and no last minute panic’s ,,, well ,, that’s the theory ,, just don't quote me lol :-)

The papers are Bo BunnySnowfall ( LOVE these) I used plain white card, inked with Pumice Stone DI and then brushed over with Pearl Perfect Pearls ,, looks like shimmery silver, and SU red cardstock for layering. I used Martha Stewart snowflake punches , a charm ( to fit the theme !! ) and a satin ribbon to finish :-)

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